Joyce, Tell me what you can about the below mentioned Samuel Gordon. I do believe he was my g-g-g-g grandfather. Fred Gordon in Texas [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/28/99 5:28:34 AM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > What information do you have on Archibald? Date of birth? There are > > many of us searching for information on where our Archibald came from, > > roughly at the same time frame. > > Bill, the only bit of information I have on Archibald or Samuel and Alexander > from Henry County is just that their names are on the tax list posted on the > Pittsylvania County GenWeb Page. I haven't even been able to prove that the > Richard Gordon who was born in Pittsylvania/Henry Co. is my gggrandfather. > > But according to the RW pension application of this Richard Gordon, his > family moved from Henry Co., VA. to Wilkes Co., NC. sometime between his > birth in Apr of 1766 and Aug 1781 when Richard volunteered for service under > Capt. John Beverly and Col. Herndon and marched to Pleasant Gardens. > > He goes on to state that as soon as he returned home from that service his > father (no name) moved to Wilkes Co., GA. This would be about Oct 1781. He > doesn't mention his father again in that application except to say that his > father had a record of his birth but he, Richard, didn't know what had become > of it. > > But Richard spent two years at Walton's Fort in Franklin Co. serving as a spy > or Indian scout. He rejoined the militia, marched through Sumner Co., TN to > the Powell Valley of Virginia. There he met and married Susannah who appears > to have been the widow or daughter of William Fork, and they moved on to > Madison Co., KY. By 1800 he was in Cumberland Co., KY serving as a chain > carrier on a survey crew, and in about 1811 he moved to Jackson Co., TN where > he remained until his death between 1840 and 1850. Interestingly, William > Fork was granted land in Sumner Co. TN in 1793 for his service as a guard on > the surveying crew that shot the line between the Cumberland Settlements and > Indian lands east, west, and south of Nashville. And confusingly, a William > Fort was granted land in Sumner Co. and Tennessee Co. within a few days of > William Fork's grant. > > This is where I pick up the trail of my proved g-grandfather, and the only > Gordon we have found in Jackson Co. old enough to have been James C. Gordon's > father is Richard. From later census records we learned that James was born > 1805 in KY. > > By 1870, James C. and Martha J. Gordon were in Robertson Co. TN. They had > five daughters living in their household and two married sons living in the > neighborhood. The elder son was born in Alabama in 1831 but the family was > back in Jackson Co. for the 1840 census. > > There were several Gordons in Madison Co., KY, including a Samuel, as early > as 1791, and we find Alexander and others as early as 1796 in Robertson Co., > TN. But no Archibald. > > If you find anything in Richard's or James's meandering where they appear to > be connected to any Gordon family, I would certainly appreciate hearing from > you. And I do wish I could be more helpful to you. > > Joyce